Comments: Zero customer support, they will direct you to one of their consultants. Same issues almost everyday. It crashes almost several times a day. Sync is ongoing, never ending process. Duplicate invoices, duplicate customers, and many more issues. They told us 2018 version will resolve the issues, nothing changed, even got worse.

Pros: Easy to buy hard to make it work. It is colorful, it seems like it will work when you are buying and you find out very next day, it is not working. But it is already too late to back off since you invested too much time and money.

Cons: Nothing really working properly. We did moved from QB and now again we are shopping for another software.

Acctivate is excellent; start to finish. It plainly works without any hitches! Plus, great service!!

Jul 21, 2017

Ken Hartman

President

Respect Foods, Inc.

Used the software for: 6-12 months

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Features & Functionality

5
/
5

Customer Support

5
/
5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: The integration with QuickBooks works seamlessly.
The product is very easy to use; it is very intuitive. You just simply need to know the sequence of steps and in a few clicks, perfectly formatted forms are ready for printing.
The reports are well organized, informative, and great tools for analysis.
The customer service team is patient and hard working. Some tech companies talk down to non-techies, but Acctivate is patient and quick to educate in terms someone can understand, follow, and implement. Also, when educating, they run video seminars or can email screen shots to you very effectively. I cannot over estimate how much time they saved me, because they are so good in the customer service arena.

Cons: There is nothing that I don't like about the software, except maybe the cost. However, we are in business and they are in business, so I don't begrudge anyone for making a living and earning a profit. What would someone pay for an inventory management system that works without a flaw in a QuickBooks environment? If you were a huge company you may say tens of thousands. If you are in a small company like mine, you might say a few thousand once. Instead the cost is an annual amount and that's just the way they price it, which is okay.

Vendor Response

by Acctivate
on July 21, 2017

Ken, it was great working with you to implement Acctivate. I¿m happy to hear all the specific successes your business is experiencing after adding the power of Acctivate to QuickBooks. Our entire team looks forward to a continued partnership with Respect Foods and helping you all grow even more with the software. Thank you for taking the time to let us know how things are going and helping others in their inventory software decision process. - Brad

Excellent for the Price!

Jul 18, 2017

Gabriel Pedre

Sr. Director of Operations

Ascension Lingerie

Apparel & Fashion, 11-50 employees

Used the software for: 1-2 years

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Features & Functionality

5
/
5

Customer Support

5
/
5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Software is filled with many intuitive features that cover a wide variety of of business uses in everything from order processing to inventory management.

Inventory management includes ability to manage using bins and multiple physical or virtual warehouses. This is a strong feature for an application in this price range.

The ability to create custom fields in virtually every section of the software helps resolve many challenges, and the fields are, in most cases, can be made to appear in reports.

Has a great order management module that can be customized for specific views and allow for both visibility and batch management of open sales order.

Mobile/handheld support allowed our warehouse to switch from manual to scanned picking, which greatly improved accuracy and accountability.

Software supports ODBC connectivity which provide a solid work around for the software's lack of strong out-of-the-box reports (see below)

In conclusion, if you are a small to mid-size business that has outgrown Quickbooks, you really cant go wrong with ACCTivate. So long as your Quickbooks data is clean and organized, migration is quick and painless.

Cons: Out of the box reporting is a bit limited depending on your needs. Very basic reports are fine and they are accurate, but if your business has complex or custom logics by which you evaluate performance, you will need to hire a report writer (Crystal Reports) to build your report templates.

No real audit trail tracking/reporting so seeing who did what can be a challenge.

Lacks ability to restrict certain permissions that can lead to accidental or deliberate manipulation of data resulting in order processing errors.

Overall: We were able to greatly improve visibility of our performance allowing us to focus resources in the areas that needed help. The quality and consistency of our output also improve dramatically. Probably the one area that had the most drastic improvement has been our warehouse. The ACCTivate our inventory is the most accurate it has ever been and order processing accuracy has also improve dramatically with the use of the mobile scanners.

Vendor Response

by Acctivate
on July 19, 2017

Gabriel, your feedback is greatly appreciated. We are happy to hear about the improvements across your business after implementing Acctivate, especially the visibility & productivity gains that have allowed you all to focus on the work at hand. We also continually strive to learn what businesses need and how we can enhance our software, so it is also good to know about reporting and permission based needs. - Dakota

This software is very important to our business.

Jul 14, 2017

Paul Makalin

Sales

FPC security

Retail, 11-50 employees

Used the software for: 2+ years

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Features & Functionality

5
/
5

Customer Support

5
/
5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: We sell in many different type of online marketplaces so it is great that we are able to sync all the orders from all the sites in one place.

Cons: This software is 100% eficiente in inventory control but it lack the capability to do some extensive accounting.

Overall: Reduced the time that it took to manually invoice everything. Before it would take us about 5 hours to manually invoice now it takes 5 minutes.

Vendor Response

by Acctivate
on July 17, 2017

Paul, thank you for letting us know how we're doing!
Yes, one of the main reasons people choose Acctivate is exactly what you described - reducing manual methods which speed up processes across the entire business.
We appreciate the kind feedback which allows others to make an important decision when evaluating the right inventory solution to help grow their business.

Sometimes Acctivate can be glitchy and close down abruptly. Quantities aren't always accurate.

Jun 30, 2017

Melanie Seagraves

Quality Assurance Process Analyst

Eclipse

Medical Devices, 11-50 employees

Used the software for: 2+ years

Source: Capterra

3/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

3
/
5

Features & Functionality

4
/
5

Customer Support

3
/
5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: This software is pretty user-friendly and easy to pick up and learn. It is easy to place orders, print pick lists, invoice, ship, check previous order history, etc.

Cons: There are some functions I wish this software had. Such as, avoid double printing pick tickets by letting the user know the order was already printed. Also, this software will freeze and shut down abruptly from time to time for no reason.

Vendor Response

by Acctivate
on July 17, 2017

Melanie, thank you for being a valued customer for over 10 years. I see that you and some other colleagues at Eclipse Aesthetics have had some challenges recently.
Our customer support team strives hard to offer the best service possible to all of our clients.
I encourage you to talk to one of our friendly, Texas-based support reps who can work with you and fix what's happening. Two ways to get in touch is via our Help site, http://help.acctivate.com or call us Monday - Friday at 817-870-1311.

For the most part acctivate is user friendly.

Jun 27, 2017

Kristen Bennett

Order Entry

Eclipse Aesthetics LLC

Medical Devices, 11-50 employees

Used the software for: 1-2 years

Source: Capterra

3/5

Overall

3
/
5

Ease of Use

3
/
5

Features & Functionality

3
/
5

Customer Support

3
/
5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: It is simple to use, easy to find items and customer accounts. Updating customer information is really easy to do.

Cons: Has some internal errors that happen often. Will freeze up and have to restart the program a few times a day.

Vendor Response

by Acctivate
on July 17, 2017

Hi Kristen, thank you for your recent input and being candid with us.
While freeze up issues are rare, we look at them closely on a case-by-case basis. Our Texas-based Support team is more than ready to help understand your specific scenario so your experience can be improved.
You can call Support at 817-870-1311 or open a request at http://help.acctivate.com.

The system crashes periodically, and there are some glitches.

Jun 26, 2017

Brandon Beddes

Customer Service Specialist

Eclipse Aesthetics, LLC

Medical Devices, 51-200 employees

Used the software for: 1-2 years

Source: Capterra

3/5

Overall

3
/
5

Ease of Use

2
/
5

Features & Functionality

3
/
5

Customer Support

3
/
5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: We can use it with QuickBooks. I work with complaints, and the activity feature is useful in this department.

Cons: There are some glitches like when an order is made next day air, it will show as being shipped ground in Aactivate. Invoices will only show one shipping tracking number. The system crashes periodically, which is particularly difficult when I have multiple windows open.

Overall: We are able to keep account information, process and track orders and manage most of our complaints and returns.

Vendor Response

by Acctivate
on July 17, 2017

We appreciate your transparent feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you have been experiencing.
Our Support team reviews each and every request carefully so we can better understand how to fix whatever challenges you are experiencing.
If you are still experiencing difficulty, please give us a call at 817-870-1311 or open a request at http://help.acctivate.com, our experienced support team is standing by ready to help you (Monday - Friday).

Acctivate works relatively well

Jun 09, 2017

Shawn Beddes

Quality Director

Eclipse Aesthetics

Used the software for: 2+ years

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

3
/
5

Features & Functionality

4
/
5

Value for Money

Pros: Acctivate is relatively easy to use. Tracking activities, customers, and orders is straight forward and easy to follow.

Cons: The biggest challenge with Acctivate is that it seems to crash for no obvious reason and sometimes with no warning. When this happens, whatever is being worked on is lost.

excellent company toi work with, great support, quick to response to any issue.

Jan 25, 2017

frank santiesteban

IT Manager

arabel

Wholesale, 11-50 employees

Used the software for: 2+ years

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Features & Functionality

5
/
5

Customer Support

5
/
5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: easy to use.

Cons: none

Overall: Excellent experience they are sharp Very experience and always helpful. They have excellent knowledge and there knowledge base is great for help.

Recommendations to other buyers: I would recommend it to anyone

Overall great software

Jan 25, 2017

Tom DeWeerd

Rapidtek LLC

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Features & Functionality

3
/
5

Customer Support

3
/
5

Value for Money

Comments: In a nutshell Acctivate is a good extension of QB. Great inventory control and great reporting. The reason not 5 out of 5 stars cannot add vendors in or modify in Acctivate.

Acctivate picks up where QB leaves off

Dec 09, 2016

Shannon Mackey

EveryThing QuickBooks

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Features & Functionality

5
/
5

Customer Support

5
/
5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Comments: Acctivate is a great inventory management software that integrates with QuickBooks. Their setup/onboarding process is great to assist with ensuring the file is setup for your business. The support team is great to work with. Acctivate picks up where QB leaves off offering a rounded solution for business owners.

Not for my shop

Nov 10, 2016

Joel Buck

Production Manager

Rapidtek LLC

Consumer Goods, 1-10 employees

Used the software for: Less than 6 months

Source: Software Advice

3/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

2
/
5

Features & Functionality

3
/
5

Customer Support

2
/
5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Comments: This product has a low learning curve and easy to set up and use. It may be good for some businesses but it is not worth the money for ours. It works great for tracking inventory and bringing completed goods into our system and tracking them through to a sale. This is where it breaks down. We are a small business and do a lot of custom goods and small run manufacturing. There's not a lot to offer for the manufacturing side of our business. For a small shop, most of the functionality of this software can be done in Quickbooks. This product still requires quickbooks for accounting as well. The yearly maintenance fee, hard to swallow for what it does for our buisness.

Pros: Easy to use and update

Cons: Many glitches and bugs
Little help with manufacturing

Recommendations to other buyers: Only purchase this software if the only thing your buisness does is distribute products as a warehouse or "middle man".

Acctivate Inventory Management

Nov 09, 2016

Jaspal Singh

Director

Commercial Syndicate

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 51-200 employees

Used the software for: Less than 6 months

Source: Software Advice

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Features & Functionality

3
/
5

Customer Support

5
/
5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Comments: It is a smart quickbook for our inventory operations and management.

Pros: The ease of use.
it is flexible and highly scalable

Cons: More features could be added to it
It requires skilled training to operate

Inventory software -ACCTivate

Oct 03, 2016

Jessica Chang

CDIA

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Features & Functionality

4
/
5

Customer Support

5
/
5

Value for Money

Comments: It was user friendly inventory software when I search for one in 2008, so far I still think it was a good investment.

A product you can rely on from a consultant's perspective

May 12, 2016

David Casebere

Consultant

B2B CFO, LLC

Management Consulting

Used the software for: 2+ years

Source: Software Advice

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Features & Functionality

5
/
5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Acctivate Inventory is a full featured inventory management system that can be added onto QuickBooks easily and cost effectively. By doing so, a QuickBooks user can extend the useful life of QuickBooks without needing to upgrade that accounting program. And it provides the same or better functionality than many inventory modules of many ERPs. This is an excellent product that is from an equally excellent vendor whose attention to customer service and details are superb.

Cons: I like the functionality of the product first and foremost and its ease of use. The vendor's training program is excellent and as I mentioned above their customer service is very very good as well. I am a business consultant to many companies and have never hesitated to recommend Acctivate,

Recommendations to other buyers: Take a very close look at Acctivate Inventory. In my opinion and experience you can't go wrong with this program. It will accommodate all your inventory management needs today and will help your company grow as well by allowing for more inventory locations and complex tracking requirements like tracking lots, manufacture dates, and much more.

Acctivate vs. QuickBooks Enterprise (with AI) - easy decision

May 09, 2016

Pete Bornstein

Consultant

BizPro Consulting Services

Management Consulting

Used the software for: 1-2 years

Source: Software Advice

5/5

Overall

4.5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Features & Functionality

5
/
5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Acctivate goes far beyond QuickBooks Enterprise, even with Advanced Inventory. It brings preferences down to the customer and item level that are only available in QBES at a global level. It has CRM, customer service, bar coding, multiple warehouses, serial and lot number tracking, location and bin tracking, cost methods (LIFO, FIFO or Average Cost) at the item level, multiple units of measure at the item level and much, much more. For manufacturers and distributors with complex inventory management or compliance requirements, Acctivate can relieve all the pain points that you currently encounter with QuickBooks.

Cons: Can't think of anything. Terrific sales and support teams.

Recommendations to other buyers: I typically do a discovery session where I learn about my clients' requirements and then I produce a comparative decision table that compares solutions feature by feature. Let your client make the decision after reviewing this comparison.

Acctivate review from a consultants view.

May 02, 2016

Michelle Barr

Owner

Firefly Business Group

Used the software for: Less than 6 months

Source: Software Advice

4/5

Overall

3.5
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Features & Functionality

3
/
5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: The software flexibility is the best thing about this product. If you work with someone who really knows this product then they can can help you with a solution that will help your business achieve the best results. The software is the best on the market that will allow you to remain in QuickBooks. Additionally, the fact that it leverages SQL and Crystal Reports makes it a truly good value.

Cons: I would like the ability to customize screens and I wish that it had API's for other connections.

Recommendations to other buyers: Use a consulting firm for implementation to give your company the full benefit of setting up the system the best way the first time.

Overall good software

Apr 29, 2016

Kelly Hale

Controller

Bills Volume Sales Inc

Farming

Used the software for: 1-2 years

Source: Software Advice

3/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

2
/
5

Features & Functionality

1
/
5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Reports are optimized to run quickly with large database.

Cons: Limited ability to add detailed cost information to a product. Would like to have better CRM functions. Very poor support communications.

Recommendations to other buyers: Hire external tech support to assist with implementation and support.

Why do I love Acctivate? Let me count the ways....

Apr 29, 2016

Tim Grant

President

Business Solution Providers, Inc.

Used the software for: 2+ years

Source: Software Advice

5/5

Overall

4.5
/
5

Ease of Use

4.5
/
5

Features & Functionality

4.5
/
5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Top-notch functionality and support. It uses SQL for the database and Crystal Reports for reporting which are expected these days for products of this type. The amount of detail and functionality is amazing. The programmers are awesome in some of the functionality they have come with. As an accountant, I can fully recommend the product to prospects without fear of a core functionality or need missing.

Cons: No online product, unless you use a hosting company.

Recommendations to other buyers: Drill down into the Configuration Manager to really see the options and capabilities of the product. Also, sit in on the monthly webinars which explain a lot of the processes and best practices.

Inventory Management Software that Does It All

Apr 28, 2016

Stacey Procter

Owner

Acumen Virtual Accounting

Management Consulting

Used the software for: Less than 6 months

Source: Software Advice

4/5

Overall

2
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Features & Functionality

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: This software is very thorough. What do I mean by that? It can do almost anything you need it to do when it comes to managing your inventory. What I like best about the Activate Inventory software is it's integration to QuickBooks. Because it integrates so well there doesn't have to be a lot of double data entry. Data flows transparently in both directions. Also, their staff are really wonderful at helping you - they're easy to talk over challenges with, and always ready to help.

Cons: I can't think of anything that I disliked about the product.

Recommendations to other buyers: My focus is from the QuickBooks side. When my client asked me for a recommendation for inventory tracking I wanted to be very sure that any software I recommended would meet all their needs, both those they have thought of, and some they haven't. I went into Business Analyst mode and I suggest you do too. Quiz vendors, get demos, and ask a lot of questions. Activate's sales team really knew their product inside and out. They were willing to demo their system multiple times and answer any and all questions. They were willing to consider the 'fit' or 'appropriateness' of the software to the unique needs of my client, and were not just looking to 'make a sale'. I really enjoyed the partnership forged on behalf of my client. It was a very positive experience and I'd recommend considering them in an instant.

Acctivate - Inventory Solution for the Growing SMB

Apr 28, 2016

James Cliame

Owner

Net Result

Management Consulting

Used the software for: 2+ years

Source: Software Advice

5/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

4.5
/
5

Features & Functionality

5
/
5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Love the fact that it is scalable, modules can be added one at a time, as the company grows.
I also love the customer center as it incorporates great CRM functionality, many sales analysis at the users' fingertips, rather than having to run so many reports.

Cons: Wish it would integrate with QBO. I also wish it would have more integration with payroll.

Recommendations to other buyers: If you are running out of work arounds and spending time in excel, then stop what you are doing. Forget the band-aid approach and get ahead with ACCtivate.

Acctivate is the best inventory add on for QuickBooks.

Apr 28, 2016

Vic Madeira

Owner

ACS

Used the software for: 1-2 years

Source: Software Advice

5/5

Overall

4.5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Features & Functionality

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Implementation of acctivate is a smooth and painless process. Learning a new software can sometimes be stressful but acctivate is intuitive and easy to use.

Cons: Would love it if acctivate had more manufacturing features.

Recommendations to other buyers: Ask as many tough questions as you can think of. Prepare all your questions prior to your demo.

I have implemented 3 successful Acctivate implementations.

Apr 28, 2016

Andrew Hagenbach

Consultant

MBSG (and my clients)

Management Consulting

Used the software for: 2+ years

Source: Software Advice

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

3
/
5

Features & Functionality

5
/
5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: The product integrates with Quickbooks better than competing products (i.e., Fishbowl). The product is stable, in SQL, and the database is well organized, normalized, which lends itself to reporting. I like the posting process overall (much easier than a batch system - i.e., Sage 100). The vendor provides excellent support and has outstanding, knowledgeable, helpful support staff.

Cons: I compare the product to other mid-market software that I implement (i.e., Sage 100, Great Plains, NetSuite). The product has limited functionality in some key areas: user-defined fields are limited, importing data into data entry processes such as purchase order, the data entry flow leaves much to be desired - having to click on fields, tab sequence, limited ability to default values in sales order entry to make the data entry process go faster, smoother. This can lead to errors in data entry.

Recommendations to other buyers: Make sure it does what you want out of the box and it will work great. If you have a need to customize the data entry, integrate with other applications, or add new fields it might not be the right product for you.

a great software package! And the team behind it is top notch!

Apr 28, 2016

Lynn Thames

Owner

Excel Software Services, Inc.

Used the software for: 2+ years

Source: Software Advice

5/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Features & Functionality

5
/
5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Support is awesome for partners, and I like that the data is easy to work with.

Cons: There are a few limitations with the integration between MAgento using the webstore module. They are workable . . . but cause confusion with customers at times. I've actually been wanting to write a custom magento extension that would 'overcome' some of these issues for magento sites.

Recommendations to other buyers: I definitely recommend it but would recommend hiring a consultant to help with implementation unless your needs are very basic or you have a great in house team that is technical.

Great product

Apr 20, 2016

Tong Li

Owner

SuperNova International, Inc.

Logistics and Supply Chain

Used the software for: 2+ years

Source: Software Advice

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

4.5
/
5

Features & Functionality

5
/
5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Easy to use, great help from activate for setup, all customer records are transparent, well organized, so does the inventory.

Cons: reports are always a struggle, using crystal report need some training. We have hard time to get the reports we need.
Activate people are great, very helpful and personal.

Recommendations to other buyers: As business owner, we buy products a lone with the supports, i.e. People behind the products. The supports are the most important. We had bad experience with big accounting software, such as netsuit and quickbook, but never had problem with activate.

ACCTivate! Easy, Powerful, Very Reasonably Priced

Apr 14, 2016

Ken Sahn

President

Holiday Products

Logistics and Supply Chain

Used the software for: 2+ years

Source: Software Advice

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Features & Functionality

5
/
5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: The system is robust and always improving. The value for the price is unmatched

Cons: There is really nothing that I don't like about ACCTivate!

Recommendations to other buyers: Just check it out. We had a very difficult set up with Discounts and Pricing Codes and managed to make it work beautifully.

Acctivate User for Five Years - Love it

Apr 14, 2016

FAITH WARFIELD

Office Manager

Cornerstone Supply Inc

Logistics and Supply Chain

Used the software for: 2+ years

Source: Software Advice

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Features & Functionality

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: I love the drill-down capabilities, the search options, copy functions, the wizards, reports, etc. So much that I enjoy. Great system!!

Cons: There is no vendor box in Acctivate, like how there is a customer box. We are limited to the vendor info we can pull up unless we have Quickbooks on our computer, and not everyone has QB in our dept. Really wish they would incorporate that into the Acctivate program.

Recommendations to other buyers: Make sure you test it to see how it would fit for your company. We tried quite a few other programs as well before taking a plunge with Acctivate. It was worth it.

Overall great investment

Apr 06, 2016

Amber Thousand

Director of Marketing

Critical Link LLC

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Overall this has been a great investment. We are a medium sized company who sells multi-level assemblies as well as services, and have all of our accounting in Quickbooks. The integration between Acctivate and QB has proven quite valuable. We initially intended on putting products and services sales through Acctivate, but have since decided to keep services transactions solely in QB.

The platform gives us real-time visibility into key data that we were previously tracking across multiple spreadsheets which required ongoing effort to keep updated, and yet the data was still never as fresh as you'd want. It has taken some time to settle in, but across our company folks now have their dashboards and other features customized to display meaningful info and metrics for each individuals' area of responsibility. We have already been able to change the way we make decisions, doing things more efficiently today and with a higher degree of certainty than we had in the past.

The two primary cons I run into are : 1) not being able to customize the reports and templates (my organization does not have Crystal Reports), and 2) I wish we are able to select which fields display in certain activities. Both of these would make the system more user friendly, however there are certainly ways to work around each issue.

Acctivate

Apr 06, 2016

Laura Leaton

payroll

Harmco Fastener Co

Source: Capterra

3/5

Overall

2
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: would like the dashboard back

Good inventory software

Apr 06, 2016

Christy Hunt

Office Administrator

Scottco Distributors, Inc.

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

3
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: For the most part we like it. Making custom reports through Crystal Reports is nearly impossible.

Overall, we have seen the benefits of inventory counts and integration with Quickbooks

Apr 06, 2016

Tom Deweerd

Product Manager

Rapidtek LLC

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Pros: Ease of use and training for other employees. Overall this is a good product and I would recommend for inventory management.

Cons: Real time quantity available while making assemblies to know if you have enough product to build your assemblies.
Ability to add vendors in acctivate would be helpful. To have the
ability to see workflow on assemblies in progress on alert screen.
I would like to see adds to control shop floor movement of materials related to manufacturing, via being able to team members sign in and out of jobs.

Great inventory system, difficult to understand the concepts of use.

Apr 06, 2016

Teresa Mallard

owner

american equipment service inc

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

3
/
5

Ease of Use

3
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: -Pro-Great inventory system. Great reports. Has been an added bonus to our organization for the last 7 years, I believe.
-Cons-There are some changes I would like, and have requested concerning how inventory is tracked. Returned items awaiting credits.
Customer service is slow to respond when there are issues. It usually takes 2 requests and a phone call.
I feel the new version is very bulky. We have had to retrain employees :(
I am however, very pleased overall.

Easy to enter orders and run reports

Apr 05, 2016

Stu Sinykin

Sales

---Alco Company

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Great for reports.
Not easy to use with IPad

Acctivate has worked very well for us.

Apr 05, 2016

Tammy Thompson

Director Of IT

Blossman Gas

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Acctivate is fairly easy to use and allows a great deal of flexibility in inventory management. Our main issues seem to be surrounding the syncing with Quick Books, but those seem to be resolved as of now.

mostly good

Apr 05, 2016

Kevin Wright

CFO

Phoenix Chemical Co., Inc.

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: overall we have been very pleased. Acctivate is a great value and the support has been good.

Inventory and POS software

Apr 05, 2016

Lisa Curtis

Owner

Crossroads Roofing Supply

Source: Capterra

3/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

2
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Pros are it does well with POS and Inventory data
Cons the reports are difficult to change to get the data we need specifically. I like speaking to a person to communicate an issue/problem to get it solved immediately. (Acctivate sends emails or auto responses) Time is money to us. You cannot split payments at POS, (If someone pays with cash and Credit Card)

Good product for the right price

Apr 05, 2016

Matthew Beiler

LifeSpan

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Overall a a good product to use. There are the normal set up struggles as with any system to make it work exactly the way you want to use it, but the customer service is very helpful in setting things up to take care of your individual company needs.

Good for Us

Apr 05, 2016

Eric Gil

President

Socksmith Design Inc

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: The fact that we can do so much of the business via our Magento e-commerce site that connects us to our inventory, customers and orders is the a competitive advantage.

Acctivate is responsive to our general needs and can be depended on the help problem solve some of the day to day items that do come up.

Been using for 4 years. It works for us.

Apr 05, 2016

Donald Watler

President

H.T. Barnes Co., Inc.

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

3
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: updating is one problem....we lose our custom forms each time. Seems to be some type of problem in cost computation and journal well not post until someone fixes this issues every few months.

Amazing

Apr 05, 2016

Sally Ammach

Controller

The Brand Passport, Inc.

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Very helpful, I have all my reports at my fingertips, inventory is always accurate. I appreciate the fact that inventory can be tracked from purchase order to sale

A+ Easy to Use & Service is Outstanding

Apr 05, 2016

sarah burke

customer service manager

berner natural cheese

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: The software is easy to use. It's also very easy to teach yourself and learn new ways to use the system as well. All the self help forums are very helpful and informative. Also the remote support team is absolutely amazing. They are quick to respond and make things better if you are stuck or having an issue you can not fix.
One con I have is that you can not attached a file to an email being sent from ACCtivate. Other than that not too many cons. When I do I learn from them and then i know the system that much better.

Very easy to use

Apr 05, 2016

sarah slaney

weiners ltd

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: overall good experience

Been using it for the past 9 years - love it!

Apr 05, 2016

nancy cortez

Granatelli Motorsports

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: The only thing would be the settings - sometimes more than one person has to use the same user name and settings always go back to default.

Great product

Apr 05, 2016

Stephanie Schwarz

Business Development

Weiners Ltd.

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Very nicely designed

There are always hiccups with any software, but ACCTivate seems to have fewer than most I've used

Apr 05, 2016

Rob Schwemmer

Inventory Control Analyst

LifeSpan Fitness

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: The only thing I would request is a faster response to upgrades that would make use easier. Version 10 is a nice improvement, and I'm still learning uses.

great product!

Apr 05, 2016

George Soudah

Fleet Pros

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

3
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Acctivate is a great product that makes our business run pretty smooth. Great customer service as far as tech support goes, but one thing i wish you guys did better was product training, i haven't really had the best experiences with the third party consultants that do the t raining, they charge way to much for not much valuable info. I got more info off your help site, but it's much easier to be trained by someone that knows what they're doing. Other than that, it's pretty good overall!

does what it needs to do. after you learn it, it is ok to use.

Apr 05, 2016

Patty Payne

Sales Support

Harmco Fastener

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Webinars are a great idea, but too slow or too broad to cover so many people at different skill levels.
I feel like there is more to Activate. Processes or hints or tips or strategies that we are not using but don't know how or don't know they exist. Not sure how you solve that either but I don't think we are getting eveything we could out of it.

Acctivate Review

Apr 05, 2016

joe miller

president

DHP

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Acctivate is a great program for our manufacturing company. It is very easy to use. It allows us to track product in a very easy way. It synchronizes with QuickBooks very easily also. The only problem we have had in the past eight years is that every time there is a upgrade, the crystal report templates get screwed up. They don't seem to transfer well. One time we lost all our custom templates and had to have them remade.

Best Customer Service!

Apr 05, 2016

Susan Lunn

Head of Regional Sales

Gold Star Furniture

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

3
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: While the system itself can be frustrating and is not as user-friendly or dummy-proof as QuickBooks, the customer service is fantastic. Over all, our experience with the tech support rep Eric and the customer rep John has been absolutely phenomenal. They consistently check with us and always answer any questions in a quick, professional, and friendly fashion. I would absolutely recommend based on the customer service alone.

Customer Services is outstanding

Apr 05, 2016

Lisa Niekamp-Urwin

President - CEO

Tomorrow's Technology Today

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: When working with so many software vendors; you dread picking up the phone or sending that email because you know you will get the run around no matter how thorough you are with your description. Not with Acctivate support! They have worked with us as the business model changed for our client. Support staff have been professional and helpful throughout our relationship! They are here to support us in the beginning and 3 years later!

Long Time User

Apr 05, 2016

Amber Hall

Owner

Equator Coffee Roasters Inc.

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: We've been using Acctivate for many years with our company and have been very happy with it. I appreciate the ability to build just the right set of modules for what we need and particularly like its ability to handle our complicated inventory system. The few times we come across issues, the support team is very quick to respond and resolve them. I would highly recommend Acctivate to other users.

The software is easy to use.

Apr 05, 2016

Rosmary Cooper

Customer Service/Purchasing

European Woodworking Machinery Co.

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Whereas the software is easy to use. The instructions leave out some elements that you need to know.

Acctivate is very easy to use. An excellent solution for inventory managment for the QB company.

Apr 02, 2016

Mike Izzo

General Manager

Major Surplus and Survival, Inc.

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: By implementing Acctivate, I was able to bring my company out of the small buisness way of thinkig and introduce them to an inventory managment software that is super easy to learn and use. We grew from 5-7M to over 20M very quickly and we were basically managing our buisness with spreadsheets and elbow grease. We're a company that uses Intuit QB for our financials. Prior to Acctivate we stored our inventory in QB but as the company grew, we kept crashing our file. Acctivate was the perfect scalable solution toallow us to add POS and lessen the weight on our QB file. Now 15 months after implementating Acctivate, it's hard to imagine how we operated before. Acctivate also forced us to face our own "bad habits" in the areas of process. That may be the single most valuable "pro" that comes with the software.

Does what you need ...

Mar 31, 2016

Dianna Savick

Operations Manager

TapDancing Lizard

Source: Capterra

3/5

Overall

2
/
5

Ease of Use

3
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: My ideal answer would have been middle of the road. For the cost of inventory software Acctivate does what you need it to, but not always easily. Each additional module cost another $1000 to $1500+. It is fair cumbersome to get the right report at first until you learn Crystal Reports filtering and you can't modify or personalize reports with out purchasing Crystal Reports. Import Export options can be clunky it is all a learning curve. Syncs fairly well with Quickbooks, fairly easy to learn.

Inventory software - the real deal

Mar 31, 2016

Ollie Poot

Director

Omega Drilling Services

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: This is the most comprehensive, affordable inventory software I have come across. It has all the features good inventory software needs. All too often we see inventory features tagged onto accounting software, with very limited features. Acctivate is the real deal, and can be effortlessly connected to your Quickbooks accounting software.

Comments: Acctivate's ability to link various customer activities (purchases, sales orders, invoicing) with part activity makes managing our business so much easier and efficient. It is far and away better than the stock Quickbooks capabilities, saving time and money.

The Good, Bad & the Ugly

Mar 30, 2016

Bart Matthews

President

Bison Supply, LLC

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

2
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Acctivate is a really good inventory control system and it is pretty easy to learn and it has a lot of capabilities and we love it. But here are the problems I have had. I have had numerous problems with technical support, and it has only gotten worse instead of better. In order to reach customer service now, you have go to the Acctivate website and enter a service request, and you may or may not get a prompt reply back. When we are having technical problems with this program, it can bring our entire operation to a halt and there doesn't seem to be any sense of urgency on the part of the technicians at Acctivate. This is my biggest problem with Acctivate and it the one thing that makes me very angry. My only other problem is training. This is a very complex program, and you can learn the basics pretty quickly and that will get you by. But there is no formal training to teach you everything you need to know other than videos that you can watch and some webinars. I think there needs to be a trainer that can teach new users how to use the program in depth at your facility in Arlington so that customers that have purchased the program can spend 3-4 days with some in depth training. I have had this system for over 2 years now and we are still finding new things that we have never seen or used before. When we purchased Acctivate, they do a great job of getting you up and going and answer any questions you might have, but some real hands on training would be so much better. But once you get used to the program, it's great.

This software program is simple to learn

Mar 30, 2016

Annie Kuhlmann

Branch Manager

Cando Supply

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: The biggest con, is that as the responsible person to product updates the UOM could not be changed in its lower case-to upper case. so I tried setting up the UOM using an existing UOM i.e. ea. Wanting my UOM to be in Caps. EA but the system would not take it. You should allow this to be done by exporting and importing.

great inventory software

Mar 30, 2016

Josie Nakich

Finance Manager

Bear Corp

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: This is a great inventory software!

Moving in the right direction

Mar 30, 2016

Matthew Taverner

IT Administrator

McDonald ATV

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: We've had some new bugs and changes we did not like in version 10, but overall it was an improvement on an already excellent product. Specifically, changes to the display of Totals on Sales Orders and some trouble with changes to Invoicing w/credit cards have cause some headaches. Other bugs we have seen are so far non-reproducible.

The new UI overhaul, consolidation of some tabs, etc are all great changes

Over all a very solid application. We experience a couple hiccups once in a while but very minor.

Mar 30, 2016

Gary Voith

Accounts Payable Manager

Tuxedo Distributors

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Customer service is very responsive when we need them. Technical problems are rare and sometimes are solved merely by rebooting our SQL server (so it could be something on our end). I love being able to query the database into Excel since I find it easier to write code in VBA than to work in Crystal reports (since I have 40 years of experience writing BASIC code). Plus, Excel makes it very easy to slice and dice the data in many ways without having to re-run the query. We sometimes have an issue after syncing with Quick Books that causes journal entries to be duplicated which then need to be deleted from QB and re-run the sync - that fixes it every time. System can run slow sometimes, but again, it's probably an issue that we have created with 16 active users and data that has never been compressed and archived. We have detail data that goes back to 2005 so calling up a large customer or a very popular product that has a lot of sales order history can be slow at times.

10+ Years & Counting

Mar 30, 2016

Dick Van Buren

Kahuna

Printnovation, LLC

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Over the years that we've used Acctivate it has always provided exceptional inventory management and control. From purchasing through receiving, sales and shipping, we've been able to easily fit our business processes to Acctivate. Plus as out business has changed over the years, Acctivate has been flexible enough to accommodate our ever evolving needs .

Traditionally we have been a value-added distributor of packaging products. Now we are adding US based manufacturing capabilities and find that Acctivate easily supports our requirements for bill-of-materials and build processes.

I would be remiss,however, if I did not mention the outstanding capabilities to track and manage all types of business activities within the software. While the operational portion of the software is the bread and butter of the business, the real return is found in the business activity management capability.

We plan to continue using Acctivate for the foreseeable future. Our thanks to the entire Alterity team - sales, support, development and administration.

It is easily self taught and reasonably priced for small businesses using quickbooks.

After getting thru the fact that we did not prep correctly, we straightened that out and get back on top of all the details needing to be addressed it is a well oiled working software. The benefits from using ACCTivate now, out weigh any hurdles you may incur.

We have been using Acctivate for about 1 1/2 years and we are very pleased with it.

Mar 30, 2016

Terri Hornby

Accountant / Office Manager

SGS Hardware

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Acctivate is very easy to understand and to use. Although there are many ways to process and review information, I often wish I could run my own queries based on the current need for information. Customer service is top notch. Online help is great and the webinars are very informative.

Acctivate is easy and efficient to use.

Mar 30, 2016

Cris Finley

Canada Company

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: the software gives us the ability to move through the sales cycle steps very quickly.

A solid application backed up by great support

Mar 28, 2016

Anthony Kaczoroski

COO

Everything Mary

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: I have been using ACCTIVATE now for almost 2 years and find it to be a solid application, feature rich and backed up by great support

Acctivate has some powerful features for the price

Mar 24, 2016

Adam Hegewald

GM / Co-Owner

Hydraulics, Inc.

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

3
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: There are many Pro's and a few Cons for each module Acctivate produces. I do enjoy their proactive webinars and online video training access. I also like we have a training company with our data that allows our new users to learn without making costly errors we need to reverse. The sales system has many options to sell a product from multiple warehouses and at custom customer defined prices using Product pricing matrices. Importing pricing from excel spreadsheets is not a big chore with saved templates Acctivate manages. We have used Acctivate since 2006 and our business has grown and yet at the same time, computer hardware, online cloud storage and major version changes from 6.0 have occurred. Being a part of the support program that has allowed Acctivate to tranform and improve has been the main reason we are still with Acctivate today. Being a key partner to Quickbooks and having these two Sequel Databases sync daily, allows me to source bookkeepers who readily trained in Quickbooks and able to spend more time on proactive analysis of our business using many standard and custom reports we have had made in Crystal reports which is the primary database query program that takes our data out and export to useful programs such as excel. One of my favorite modules is the Dashboard button which loads many crystal reports that are one page reports onto one screen and used by us daily to steer our business based on performance and reports we need to view often. Inventory management is strong, with multiple warehouse, web links and product notes can be generously added to every part number. Learning to use crystal reports to audit inventory movement can be difficult for a new user. Additional custom fields can be added such as Average Inventory turns. Acctivate does allow us to bill out our customers with masked part numbers and create a general kit with a detailed description of the work we performed without disclosing part numbers or labor. Another aspect of Acctivate I find useful is the Activity Scheduler, Alerts and Review buttons. I can generate PO's based on min/max levels or by availability and saves time. This software is still a great fit for my business.

Still Setting Things Up But Excited To Get Started!

Mar 24, 2016

Josh Anderson

Operations Manager

Aoife Enterprises

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: We are still in the process of setting up our company file but with what we have seen so far, we know that Acctivate will help our business out tremendously. The team at Acctivate has been extremely helpful and professional throughout the process so far.

It's not the most user friendly

Mar 24, 2016

Brianna Schumacher

Digital Designer/Marketing/Website Management

Bell ATM Service, Inc.

Source: Capterra

3/5

Overall

2
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: I enjoy the fact that we can create all of the product details we need recorded into our system. I also can appreciate the webinars that Acctivate provides for us in keeping us updated.

I struggle with how user friendly it is, and we are currently dealing with a lot of stock sync issues on our web portal. We have been informed that the products will only update if they have activity on them, so some products don't even get updated for years. This has caused us to do a lot of manual stock syncing that creates stress on our end, and our customer's end. We would like to see a stock update on each product multiple times a day.

Outstanding Capability for the price.

Mar 24, 2016

Brent Gutierrez

President

Killer Bee Bait Inc

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: The Acctivate Inventory system has been a great asset in helping our company achieve it's inventory tracking needs. The integration with our QuickBooks Wholesale Manufacturing Edition works well. We have been able to generate far more decision making reports with the help of some 3rd party customization. In the past the support was somewhat of an issue, but that seems not to be a problem anymore. Highly recommend for small to midsize companies with complex manufacturing and inventory needs.

I have been involved with the implementation since day one and use it daily.

Mar 24, 2016

Tonya Miller

Customer Service

The Quality Thread & Notions co.

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

3
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Pros: We have been able to utilize our inventory and customer information more effectively than in the past.
Cons: Some standard features are different than how our previous software worked so getting used to that has taken some time. We were surprised some features were not available.
Scott Gregory and the customer service has been exceptional in helping us resolve and understand issues as they arise.

Acctivate is Active :)

Mar 24, 2016

Steven Deutsch

IT and Sales

Baseline Equipment Company

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: It took a lot of work, but after putting in the time and learning all about the software, I have to say it is a great system, with so many options and ways to do things. It can be customized to work in most unique scenarios. The strongest points for us is the inventory Lot control, gives us more power over our inventory, and where its coming from, etc. The Activity feature helps us communicate and acts as a CRM for our reps. The way dropship PO's are handled is very helpful, and works almost perfectly for us. Using the mobile device changed the way our warehouse receives and picks products in a good way. Since the software's infrastructure is basically a database, it gives versatility for using with other products, like our shipping software and our website. The Reports side is dependent on Crystal reports, which opens up a world of possibilities, it does add some complexities, but the support that Acctivate gives with there product makes up for all complex situations. I have been helped and things have been fixed numerous times. The software is also in a stage where it will always be improving over time.

There are a few cons. Bugs and things not quite working the way they should require a dedicated person within our company to occasionally be working with Acctivate to clean out these scenarios and learn about limitations and potential future added features. The Credit card system is very limited and makes it a little difficult with the way we do things.

I find myself really loving the way it handles customers, all the different tabs to product history, comments, activities, transactions. The UOM has added a complexity that we needed when it comes to purchasing single units vs boxes vs cases. The ability to setup diff pricing for a product or a customer really helps with on sale items and contract pricing.

best inventory software I found

Mar 24, 2016

Jessica Chang

CDIA

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Pros: easy to learn and use
Cons: when bug occurs, it takes some times to fix.

easy to handle, very visual

Mar 24, 2016

Marta Gomez

Accounting Department

Continental DIA Diamond Products

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Overall, it is very easy to move around the program, easy to find everything, even being the first time It is used. It is very visual.
Maybe, would be great to have different reports more focused on customers, not only in products.

Offers Features of expensive ERP systems, but not quite there yet

Mar 24, 2016

Peter Son

Purchasing / Sourcing Manager

Taral Plastics

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

3
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: - Great value for a system that does offer several features of much more expensive ERP systems
- Software is a little buggy, but program is constantly being updated

Overall this software performs well, but there are a multitude of issues that have not been fixed.

Mar 24, 2016

Mike Bruckner

owner

Hardware on Wheels, LLC

Source: Capterra

3/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: I have let you know in the trouble help section about the issues that I have been confronted with since I bought the product in 06. There are many unresolved issues that in my opinion detract from the usefulness as well as fluidity of the software. Some of these issues have repair tags, but most go unchanged.

Acctivate use to work Great!

Mar 24, 2016

Ross Dodson

Owner

Huffermen

Source: Capterra

3/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

3
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: with al the upgrades acctivate does not seem to work as well. i wonder if all these patches after a while will make this software worse. Will this end up like windows??? where they just come out with a whole new version?

Once you know the proper step procedure, the software is easy to use.

Mar 24, 2016

Donna Johnson

RMA Coordinator / Accounts Payable

American Technologies, LLC

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: Pros: gives accurate data. friendly to use. You can cross reference in many areas to get the information needed.

Cons: Have to know the proper step procedure to enter invoices, credits, sales order. Once you have the procedure it's easy. Can't revise a purchase order or change a purchase order past a certain step. Too many steps to correct an incorrect price on a purchase order for a vendor.

Great support and easy to use with Quickbooks.

Mar 18, 2016

Pam Stockland

Treasurer

A&D Sales and Marketing, Inc.

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: We've had a good experience with Acctivate and customer support is helpful and responsive.

Great for small business

Mar 09, 2016

Kevin Garvey

COO

DataRay Inc.

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: We are a manufacturer with very complex and varied bills of materials, assemblies, etc. Acctivate has been a great product which has allowed us to dramatically reduce our time to kit and assemble products. Additionally, the modularity of the software has been a real benefit. The support staff is incredibly helpful and responsive.

it has help our company to be better organized

Mar 07, 2016

frank santiesteban

IT manager

arabel

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Customer Support

Comments: no con all pro, excellent product easy to use

Very Reliable and Easy To Use

Feb 25, 2016

Tim Murphy

Owner

Murphy Industrial Products,Inc.

Logistics and Supply Chain

Used the software for: 2+ years

Source: Software Advice

5/5

Overall

5
/
5

Ease of Use

5
/
5

Features & Functionality

4
/
5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Acctivate is perfect for QuickBooks users that need a better inventory and sales order process. It is a bolt on product. You just "sync" it whenever you want to have QB and Acctivate talk to each other. It makes managing inventory really easy- and gives you a ton of room and vendor history so you can manage your costs. It also makes price updates really easy. Initial integration is easy- all of the details are handled by Acctivate thru remote sign in on your first day. I suggest to have an IT person in house just to handle the small details- so you can concentrate on your business.
I decided to go with Acctivate 5 years ago and have been Extremely Happy with this product. It is easy to use and is based on Crystal Reports - which means that you can get just about any report made - so you can get the specific dash boards you want or reports you want. Your employees will like using this product as well. My employees were using this by 10AM the morning we installed it.
Once you have this product 90% of the time you will be operating out of Acctivate. You only use QB for the Book Keeping for the most part. Inventory control and unique inventory situations are easily handled by Acctivate. Overseas shipments or Lead Time Inventory is not a problem- Acctivate has a solution for this. Your Pack Slip, Sales Orders and Invoices will look a lot better with this product. If this product doesn't pay for itself in 1 year or less- I would be very surprised. Excellent Product.

Cons: I dont have any complaints. After an initial set up- i do suggest using a 3rd party for special reports. But you dont have to do this. Activate can help you if you want work with them. I just like having a 3rd party vendor - but i make a ton of reports. Acctivate comes with enough reports to run your business.

Recommendations to other buyers: I recommend that you look for something that is fast and gives your sales people and purchasing people a product that they will be happy with. Get them involved in this process. Don't just make a decision and stick them with the end result. The people that use the product should get to decide. Not the guy who wont be using it day in and day out. Whatever software you get- tell your employees that they should give something new a chance to make things better. There are always one or 2 people that like to nay say any product. So cut them off at the pass- before this happens.

Not so good software. We try to get by because we already purchased it.

Jul 15, 2014

Alpi Wiley

nusign

Logistics and Supply Chain

Used the software for: Less than 6 months

Source: Software Advice

3/5

Overall

3.5
/
5

Ease of Use

3
/
5

Features & Functionality

2
/
5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: This software has the ability to sync with QuickBooks.

Cons: The software coding is awful. There are many bugs. Most of the support techs I have spoken with have bad attitudes.

Recommendations to other buyers: Compare with QuickBooks and see if it's what you need.

Great software with tons of options, capacity and adaptability

Nov 15, 2013

Amber Hall

Equator Cofeee Roasters

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Used the software for: Less than 6 months

Source: Software Advice

4/5

Overall

4
/
5

Ease of Use

4
/
5

Features & Functionality

4.5
/
5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: It is appropriately scaled for a small/medium business, both in complexity and price. It allows for the challenges of both manufacturing and selling of non-manufactured products and purchasing/warehousing and selling in different related units.

Cons: I wish it had one extra field for an option on products so that color variations or grind type (we're a coffee business), didn't have to be a separate product code. Using custom fields for this works until trying to link to a website for import, and then those fields are inaccessible.

Recommendations to other buyers: I spent a lot of time looking into different options including trying custom solutions. This product definitely fit the bill in all areas. Going with a custom solution may work for a while but can become tricky and expensive when it comes to longer term updates and service.